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configure X with debian (nvidia?)

hi,

just did an install of debian woody. not too sure of the right order of things but this is how i did this. after installing the base system from cd i configured apt-get from ftp.
i then installed xfree 86, then x-window-system. i ran xf86config during the setup of x. i installed kde and gnome.
but....when i try to run &quot;X&quot; or startx i get:
&quot;Fatal error, no screen found&quot;

is this a vidoe driver issue? if so because i havent installed Nvidia drivers nor do i know how to in debian. i only see the tarball's and rpm on nvidia's site. any idea what my fix is?

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

hi SD,
i am guesisng your /etx/X11/XF86config file is messed up. here is mine, it does have stuff for the nvidia drivers, change &quot;driver nvidia&quot; to &quot;driver nv&quot; and uncomment the GLcore stuff and dri stuff for default settings

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

hey thanx for the replies. even though i specified names(monitor, vid card) when i ran xf86config, they werent there when i went to have a look.(default, it said) anyhow, i got it down to where it says &quot;screen found, but no usable configuration&quot;
im thinking maybe becasue i dont have the right vertical refresh and horiz. sync? *i dont know them from this monitor. its a sun microsystems 19&quot; and i dont have the manual. *could i use all or part of my xf86config-4 from my mandrake system? just a thought. ok, i just printed it out and im gonna get back at it to try some more. should i have NOT used debconf during the install?

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

hey, with some help from a friend it was the line:
option &quot;use FBDev&quot; &quot;True&quot;
this friggin line had to be commented out in order to get X to run. im now posting this successfull with mozilla on X. too bad i have no clue how to maximize the browser! hehe. now if i can get kde and gnome up and running i might be happy and start getting some serious use with debian!

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

I believe that you only have the base XF86 packages installed, but no servers. Try apt-getting the xserver-xfree86 package (this is 4.1.) I've had this problem before, and I think this was the solution.

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

Re: configure X with debian (nvidia?)

I had the same problem last night with woody. I couldn't install the nvidia drivers, tried a few different things. I persisted wihtout them and found that when running &quot;dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86&quot; that the use kernel framebuffer device needed to be switched off ie, selected as no. I used the nv driver and all is well. I also installed wmaker, plus the xservers. HAven't got KDE2 working yet though.